People often enter into prostitution as a last resort. Prostitution treats people as sexual property that can be bought and sold, and violates human dignity. Prostitution is exploitation, and a form of violence, abuse and control of vulnerable women, children and men.
God calls His people to be compassionate because he has been compassionate to us. In the Old Testament, this is evident in the call to care for the poor, the widow and the orphan. In the New Testament, Jesus calls us to love our neighbours as ourselves.
Human dignity flows from God’s creation of us in His image and His love for us. This compels us to respect and uphold each person’s inherent worth, and to not treat them as objects for our gratification.
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Report recognizes prostitution is intrinsically linked to forms of violence against...
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People often enter into prostitution as a last resort. Prostitution treats people as sexual property that can be bought and sold, and violates human dignity.
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People often enter into prostitution as a last resort. Prostitution treats people as sexual property that can be bought and sold, and violates human dignity.
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(2 min 28 sec) In September 2010, Justice Susan Himel of the Ontario Superior Court...
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An EFC brief to a UN committee on discrimination against women calls for Canada's MAiD law to be repealed and for the creation of a permanent anti-trafficking strategy
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As input to a UN Human Rights Council report, the EFC submitted a six-page brief discussing the violence inherent in prostitution and related topics.
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The EFC released a comprehensive report proposing reform to Canada’s prostitution laws.
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